• Anything ‘published’ on the web is viewed as intellectual property and, regardless of whether it displays a copyright symbol or not, is therefore copyrighted by the originator. The only exception to this is if there is a “free and unrestricted reuse” statement associated with the work.

    In order to protect our members and TFL from possible litigation, all members must abide by the following new rules:

    1. Copying and pasting entire articles from another site to TFL is strictly prohibited. The same applies to articles from print or other media, and to posting photographs taken of copyrighted pages or other media.

    2. Copyright law provides for “fair use” of portions of a copyrighted work. You can copy no more than a SINGLE paragraph from the article to your post (3 or 4 sentences at most).

    3. You must provide a link to the article along with the name of website. For example: ww.xxx.yyy/zzz (The Lower Thumbsuck Daily News).

    4. You must provide, in your own words, a brief summary of the article AND your reasons for believing it will be of interest to TFL members. Failure to do so may result in the thread being closed or your post being deleted as a “cut and paste drive by.”

    5. Photographs and other images are also copyrighted. "Hotlinking" of images (so that it appears in your message) from other sites is also prohibited unless you own rights to the image. If you wish to share an image, provide a clickable link to it.

    Posts that do not follow these new guidelines will be altered or deleted by staff. Members who continue to violate this policy may lose their posting privileges at TFL.

    Thank you for your cooperation and your participation in TFL, the leading online forum for firearms enthusiasts.

Money

K

Kodiac

New member
Rich. I been a member here for some time.
I am in the interent business - so I know the money involved.

TFL asks for no money from it's members.
TFL has no advertisers.
Keeping a web page running is spendy. Keeping a big site like TFL is very spendy.

HOW THE HELL DO YOU DO IT?
I am told you pay for this out of your own pocket. Rich... Blade Forums - your sister site - does a little advertising - probably just enough to maintain operating costs.
You should consider it. A small banner ad - tastfully done would not be annoying - possibly helpful, and could easy your costs.
Why have you not done this? I am certain there are many gun companies that would love to have a banner here because of the quality members here!

For the Children...
 
R

Rich Lucibella

Staff
Thanks for the concern, Kodiac. Fact is, we're on BladeForums' server...they give us a great deal. Plus, our staff has waived their first decade of wages ;). This helps even more.

There are a couple of reasons why we don't advertise. The main one is that it frees us from ever having a conflict about what or who posts (or is banned) from TFL.

The biggest resource drain is on our time. For the most part it's a labor of love. Every now and then, however, the hours spent monitoring the Board get to one or another of us. When that hits the breaking point, we'll probably pass the site along to a suitable heir, who may or may not wish to advertise.

In the meantime, we're just having too much fun! Seriously, this site has renewed my faith in America....and we're all proud to have the opportunity to interact with you guys.
Rich
 
C

Cheapo

New member
Just let the commercial posters stick a .gif ad or something in a few of their posts each month, for a small fee. Keep classifieds free, until/unless they start to dominate and run up the costs.

Those little pop-up separate windows that appear every time you change to a new browser window are *most annoying*. You and your heirs should avoid them like the plague.

I agree with you, Rich. This site has restored some of my faith, too!

Cheapo the grateful.
 
K

Kodiac

New member
Creating The Best Web Site on the net for Gun People... Rich should be rewarded.
Or being that Rich is a humble fellow - The money could go to the Pro Gun Org of his choice... You have how many members now? 2000?

------------------
Every man Dies.
Not Every Man Truely Lives...
FREEDOM!

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
 
B

boing

New member
I despise the pop-up window ads, too. But less invasive ads to support the board? No problem at all.

Rich: I've heard, from unmentionable sources (that'd be Rob), that you likely wouldn't take donations to help with the cost of running TFL. Is that true? What are you, noble or something? A little martyr complex going on, maybe? ;)

Faith in America? I didn't even know what that was until I met these people.

-boing
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top